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1 Thessalonians 3 4
For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.
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Hebrews 10:33-34
partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated;for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
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2 Thessalonians 1 4
so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
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2 Corinthians 8 1-2 Corinthians 8 2
Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.
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Galatians 1:22
And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 1 6
And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
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Hebrews 5:7-8
who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
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2 Thessalonians 1 1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.
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Acts 9:31
Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
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Acts 17:1-8
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying,“ This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out,“ These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king— Jesus.”And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.
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Acts 8:1
Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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1 Thessalonians 1 1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 9:1
Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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1 Corinthians 7 17
But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
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Acts 9:13
Then Ananias answered,“ Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
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Acts 12:1-3
Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread.
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Acts 11:19
Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only.
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Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.